Cooked?
Metro Subway Inc.
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 10, 2024
- address417 Washington St, Boston 02108
Is Metro Subway Inc. clean?
Metro Subway Inc. is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 10, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Metro Subway Inc.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Tuna @ 48f Cold cuts @ 50f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below. (Employees changed out the cold cuts at time of inspection)critical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Tuna @ 48f Cold cuts @ 50f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below. (Employees changed out the cold cuts at time of inspection)
- ⚠️Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Cold unit @ front service area @ 50f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or belowCooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf) • Cold unit @ front service area @ 50f ensure proper cold hold of 41f or below
When was Metro Subway Inc. last inspected?
Metro Subway Inc. has 67 inspections on record going back to February 28, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| May 13, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| April 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 29, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| September 21, 2022 | — | |
| May 10, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — |
Metro Subway Inc. vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 10, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.